Drawing Manga Boys

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

Large curtains like this are very popular in manga. This style is created from a basic
center part, shoulder-length at the back, and brushed up into two dramatic bangs
falling down on either side of the face. These are usually given shiny highlights to
make them more emphatic and exaggerated.


FALLINg bAN gS


Start by drawing a
basic head, with eyes,
nose, mouth, and one
ear. Then draw the
shape of a bird in flight,
with the center line of
your head at its center.

From each end of
this line, draw a long
curtain of spiky hair.
Starting from the cen-
ter line, draw jagged
lines to meet the spiky
curtains.

Next create the top of
the hair, following the
line of the top of the
head, then draw some
long strands down the
back of the head on
both sides.

Begin inking your hair-
style. Outline all the
spikes and over the top
of the head. Add a few
wispy strands of hair
from the center part.


Next create some
areas of highlight on
the spiky curtains of
hair using a red-brown
pen. Add one near
the top and one in the
middle of each.

Working around the
white highlights, color
your hairstyle reddish
brown.

MALE HAIRSTYLES

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